Linux

As of June 2012, players running Linux systems do not have a native implementation of AoS to play. A cross-platform client is currently under development. Until its development is complete and it is released, Linux users are effectively restricted to WINE.

Playing on Linux

To start, use your distribution's package manager to ensure that you have wine installed. Grab the latest download for AoS [here] (version 0.75). Open up your favourite terminal emulator and run the following commands (replacing "aos.msi" with the name of the downloaded installer):

NOTE: The installer (downloaded .msi file) must be in your current directory. If it isn't, I suggest moving it to your homedir (~/) for the duration of this setup. You can move it back safely when you're done.

1. chmod +x aos.msi
2. wine start aos.msi
3. Use your favorite text editor to edit '~/.wine/drive_c/Ace of Spades/config.ini'
4. echo 'wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Ace\ of\ Spades/client.exe -$1' > aos
5. chmod +x aos

You can then run aos with:

./aos aos://numbers

OR

Add the aos executable's directory to your PATH:

echo "PATH=\$PATH:$(pwd)" >> ~/.bashrc

and restart your shell. You'll only have to do this once. From then on you can start AoS with "aos aos://numbers".

If your distro uses IBus you may experience problems with AoS continuing to respond to movement keys after you've released them. If this happens, kill the IBus daemon before starting AoS, or as soon as you notice the problem if you forgot to kill it beforehand, with "killall ibus-daemon", and restart it once you are finished playing with "ibus-daemon -d". You can put this into the aos script if you wish to avoid doing this manually.